March PTO Meeting Presentation
Monday, March 22nd, 2010The Abrams PTO held a general meeting on Wed., March 17, 2010. Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation from that day.
Abrams Hebrew Academy Events
Abrams gives HOPE to Haiti
Friday, March 19th, 2010Click on the widget below to donate to the Abrams Hebrew Academy Read-a-Thon team, reading to earn money to help rebuild schools in Haiti! For more information, please contact Mr. Konopka at (215) 493-1800. Thank you for your support!
From the Nurse’s Office
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Parent Conferences Canceled March 8 & 9, 2010
Monday, March 1st, 2010There will be NO parent conferences on Monday, March 8 and Tuesday March 9. Monday, March 8 will be a regular school day for all students.
Adira Miller Boltshauser Sefer Torah Project
Friday, December 11th, 2009Abrams is commemorating the loss of a special member of our community, Adira Miller Boltshauser, with a special Sefer Torah project in her memory. Please click here for a printable pamphlet with more information.
This is a wonderful way to recognize a special person in your life, to memorialize a loved one, or to comemorate a simcha, while also contributing to a Torah that will be dedicated to a very special person.
Technology Tidbits
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Abrams Hebrew Academy will soon open its Technology Room, featuring a new computer lab and video-conference center, next to the Gym Dandy in the Melvin Kushner school building. The room will be equipped with 13 new computers, as well as video-conference equipment. Special thanks to the PTO for subsidizing this project.
Twice a month, our 8th graders meet via video conference with Rabbi Yissocher Frand to discuss the weekly Parasha Our 7th and 8th graders videoconference twice a week with Bar Elan University to discuss Jewish issues through the eyes of Israelis and Jewish Law.
A new SMART Board has been installed for the Judaics Department. All of our teachers are excited to use this new piece of equipment, granted to Abrams by the Legacy Heritage Foundation’s SMART Board Project. Morah Devora was recognized by the Legacy Heritage program for her outstanding lesson on Sukkot! She is putting together some cutting-edge lesons for our students to learn from and enjoy.
2009-10 Student Government Election Results
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009President - Jessica Toltzis
Vice President - Eric Morgovsky
Treasurer - Angelica Fiorini
Secretary - Yona Kornsgold
Publicity Coordinator - Sarah Couzens
7th Grade Representative - Lucian Chown
6th Grade Representative - Lindsay Chevlin
5th Grade Representative - Noah Doshna
Early Friday Dismissals
Monday, October 26th, 2009Early Friday dismissals will begin on Friday, November 6. Dismissal will be at 2 p.m.
Nursery AM students and Lunch Bunch dismissal times remain the same; however, full-day dismissal is at 1:30 p.m.
There is NO SCHOOL for students on Wednesday, November 11due to conferences.
Middle School Report Cards
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Middle school first-quarter report cards will only be available online through www.abramsgrades.org on November 12.
If you need log in information, please e-mail Nancy Wiggins at nwiggins@abramsonline.org as soon as possible. If you prefer a paper report card, please submit your request, in writing, to the Main Office.
Abrams Welcomes New Science Teacher, Craig Berman
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Abrams welcomes Mr. Craig Berman as its new science teacher. Mr. Berman comes to Abrams with extensive teaching and research experience.
Mr. Berman received both his Bachelor’s degree in Life and Health Sciences and his Masters degree in Entomology and Applied Ecology from University of Delaware, Newark. He has been developing and teaching science curriculum to children for nearly two decades. He served as Environmental Educator and Naturalist at Briar Bush Nature Center in Abington, Pa.; Science Teacher and Science Program Coordinator at Drexel Hill School of the Holy Child in Drexel Hill, Pa.; and Science Teacher and Science Department Head at the Langley School in McLean, Va. He has also served as a summer Science Teacher for the GEAR UP/Minority Achievement program for Arlington Public Schools in Arlington, Va.; the Flint Hill School’s Summer on the Hill porgram in Oakton, Va.; and Camp Gan Israel for Chabad Lubavitch of Northern Virginia in Fairfax, Va.
“Craig was instrumental in the development of The Langley School’s outstanding science program,” says Mrs. Doris E. Cottam, Head of School at The Langley School in McLean, Va. “Our [8th grade graduates] talk about how as they move on to high school they are praised for their knowledge of how to write a lab report and think critically about science ‘thanks to Mr. Berman’.”
Susan T. Atkinson, The Langley School’s Head of Middle School, adds, “[Mr. Berman's] expectations for his students are clearly high and they work diligently to meet or exceed those expectations. His classes are very hands-on and the students, utilizing the scientific method as their guide, learn to appreciate science and the world around them.”
Mr. Berman is also an outstanding musician who plays with a professional band, and who brings this experience to his students. Welcome to Abrams, Mr. Berman!
